GATHERS. Collect. Hebrew. _kashash._ Occurs only in Exodus 5:7; Exodus 5:12.Numbers 15:32; Numbers 15:33. 1Ki 17:10, 1 Kings 17:12. It is not the same word as in Zephaniah 3:8; Zephaniah 3:18. or in Zephaniah 3:19;... [ Continue Reading ]
DAY. judgment. See note on Zephaniah 1:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
SEEK... SEEK. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 4:29), as in Zephaniah 1:6. JUDGMENT. ordinances; as in Isaiah 58:2.Jeremiah 8:7. YE SHALL BE HID. Referring to Isaiah 26:20, and the meaning of the name Zephaniah.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR GAZA. Supply the logical _Ellipsis_ (App-6), here, and in verses: Zep 8:12, Zep 8:13, Zephaniah 3:1, thus: "[Mine anger shall be upon Gaza, saith the Lord], For", &c. GAZA... FORSAKEN. Note the Figure of speech _Paronomasia_ (App-6), for emphasis. Heb _'azzah._.. _'azubah._ ASHKELON. Now _'Ask... [ Continue Reading ]
SEA COAST: or, country by the sea.... [ Continue Reading ]
DWELLINGS. pastures. COTTAGES. pens.... [ Continue Reading ]
BE FOR. Supply the _Ellipsis_. "be for [a possession] to". GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. SHALL VISIT THEM. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 50:24.Exodus 3:16; Exodus 3:16). App-92. THEM: i.e. the remnant of Judah.... [ Continue Reading ]
I HAVE HEARD. Supply the logical _Ellipsis_ (App-6): "[My judgment shall come upon Moab], for. have heard", &c, as in Zephaniah 2:8, &c. MOAB. Compare Isaiah 1. and Isaiah 16; Jeremiah 48; Amos 2:1. CHILDREN. sons. AMMON. Compare Jeremiah 49:1; Amos 1:13. REPROACHED. See Ju [ Continue Reading ]
SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS. [is] the oracle of Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel. See note on 1 Samuel 1:3. THE GOD OF ISRAEL. See note on Isaiah 29:23. SHALL BE AS SODOM. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 19:24; Genesis 19:25). App-92. THE BREEDING OF NETTLES, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteron... [ Continue Reading ]
FAMISH. cause to waste away. THE ISLES OF THE HEATHEN. the coast-lands of the nations. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 10:5). App-92. The phrase occurs nowhere else. ISLES. coast-lands. HEATHEN. nations.... [ Continue Reading ]
YE. See note on "For", Zephaniah 2:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE. See note on "For", Zephaniah 2:4. STRETCH OUT HIS HAND. Idiom for executing judgment. THE NORTH: i.e. against Assyria, because although west of Canaan, the road and entrance was by the north.... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL. all kinds of. Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Genus), App-6. UPPER LINTELS. chapiters, or carved capitals. CEDAR WORK: i.e. the wainscotting.... [ Continue Reading ]
WAG HIS HAND. Idiom expressive of derision.... [ Continue Reading ]